Burger King International MBA 6601 International Business By Wendy B. Machana Burger King International Burger King‚ previously known as InstaBurger King in 1954‚ is the world’s largest flame-broiled fast food restaurant chain (Daniels‚ Radebaugh & Sullivan‚ 2011). Burger Kings core competency lays in the way it cooks its burgers- by its flame broiled method as opposed to grills that fry and also the option that it offers its customers as to how they want their burgers (“have
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1. Resources: Burger King (BK) re-franchised almost all of its company-operated restaurants during 2013‚ bringing its business model to nearly 99% franchised and by the end of 2013‚ the company was left with only 52 company-operated restaurants. The advantage of the franchised model is that the company does not have to incur operating costs and can enjoy the royalties paid by the franchises. The margins for this type of model are very high‚ but it comes with number of disadvantages and risks
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History Burger King‚ often abbreviated as BK‚ is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County‚ Florida‚ United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King‚ a Jacksonville‚ Florida-based restaurant chain. After Insta-Burger King ran into financial difficulties in 1954‚ its two Miami-based franchisees‚ David Edgerton and James McLamore‚ purchased the company and renamed it Burger King. Over the next half century‚ the company would change
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1. What are Burger King’s communication objectives for it’s target audience? Burger King’s target consumers already know about the product‚ and since the franchise is profitable‚ we can assume that the consumers also like it. Burger King’s communications objectives are to move its target consumers into at least the “Preference”‚ but preferably the “Conviction” stages of buying process. 2. With its focus on the "super fan"‚ does BK risk alienating other customers? What are the implications
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Burger King’s COMPANY PROFILE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Burger King was founded in 1954 by James McLamore and David Edgerton in Miami‚ Florida. In 1967‚ the founders sold the company to the Pillsbury Company‚ taking it from a small privately held franchised chain to a subsidiary of a large food conglomerate. In December 2002‚ Burger King was acquired by private equity funds controlled by TPG Capital‚ Bain Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs & Co. It completed a successful initial public offering in
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312420034290000 BUSINESS SCENERIO: EXPORTING BURGER KING TO INDIA OR GHANA GROUP MEMBERS: DEBASHIS MONDAL FATUNBI MICHAEL PRIYANKA SHARMA SUKHDEEP BHANGU GURLEEN KAUR TITLE PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Company Background Research Background Research Objectives RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & PLAN SWOT Analysis Ghana India Burger King Sources of Information Primary Research Secondary Research Market Analysis Ghanaian Fast Food Market Indian Fast Food
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W5 ASSIGNMENT 1. What do you think of Burger King’s advertising tactics? Is it OK to attract new customers while alienating others? Is Burger King’s advertising ethical? Explain. The success of advertising is very often based on its ability to surprise or in BK’s case shock the viewer. I think that the goal of each organization is to maximize its profits. BK like all organizations had a particular target market segment which it wanted to cater to. Thus‚ its advertisements
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that the website includes lot of text on images and I think the designer did a really good job at writing the code for rearrangement because the images adjusted without making the text look weird. Final Design Comments The overall design of the Burger King website is very user friendly and engaging. The choice of the color schemes and the background consistency really benefits the user to blend in and feel comfortable. Also‚ the animation used to show flames and smoke was really interesting and it
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Analysis on Burger King Worldwide Inc. (BKW) Burger King (BKW) is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world which was founded in 1954; it operates in over 12‚600 locations serving over 11 million customers daily in 83 countries and territories worldwide. About 95 percent of Burger King Restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees‚ many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. This company became a publically traded company in this
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Die twee mededingende kitskos-franchises wat ek gekies het om mekaar te vergelyk in hierdie taak‚ is Steers en Burger King. Ek het hulle gekies omrede hulle baie dieselfde is ( spesialiseer albei in hamburgers ) maar daar is tog verskille wat die franchises anders maak. Daar kan dus gesê word dat albei franchises kompeteer om ‘n mededingende voordeel in ‘n gedeelde mark te probeer skep. Ek gaan ‘n vergelykende studie oor die twee franchises doen waarin ek hul vergelyk in die volgende areas : Bemarking
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